Dianne Owen

Dianne Owen

Scientist

Biological Sciences

Boca Raton, SC 263

p: 561-297-0873

dowen@fau.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 1983

Research Interests

  • Invasion biology
  • Ecological modeling
  • Landscape and community ecology
  • Plant physiological ecology

Research Description

My primary research interest is the spatio-temporal modeling of disturbance regimes and plant invasions in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, with an emphasis on land management applications in tropical and sub-tropical environments.

Recent Publications

  • Liu, Z., Volin, J.C.,  Owen, V.D., Pearlstine, L.G., Allen, J.R., Mazzotti, F. J. and Higer, A.L. (2009). Validation and ecosystem applications of the EDEN water-surface model for the Florida Everglades.  Ecohydrology  2:182-194.
  • Givnish, T.J., Volin, J.C.,  Owen, V.D., Volin, V.C., Muss, J.D. and Glaser, P.H. (2008). Vegetation differentiation in the patterned landscape of the central Everglades: Importance of local and landscape drivers.  Global Ecology and Biogeography    17:384-402.
  • Volin, J.C., Lott, M.S., Muss, J.D. and  Owen, D. (2004). Predicting rapid invasion of the Florida Everglades by old world climbing fern(Lygodium microphyllum).  Diversity and Distributions    10: 439-446.

Scholarly Acitivites

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